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Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted(1)

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings
Aug.
2024		 June
2025		 July
2025(p)		 Aug.
2025(p)		 Aug.
2024		 June
2025		 July
2025(p)		 Aug.
2025(p)

Total private

 $30.27 $31.26 $31.34 $31.46 $1,020.10 $1,050.34 $1,056.16 $1,060.20

Goods-producing

 31.25 32.40 32.47 32.56 1,265.63 1,315.44 1,321.53 1,321.94

Mining and logging

 36.27 37.52 37.41 37.38 1,697.44 1,665.89 1,675.97 1,682.10

Construction

 35.91 37.23 37.28 37.47 1,425.63 1,478.03 1,487.47 1,495.05

Manufacturing

 27.89 28.94 29.01 29.03 1,135.12 1,186.54 1,192.31 1,187.33

Durable goods

 29.43 30.56 30.65 30.73 1,203.69 1,259.07 1,265.85 1,259.93

Nondurable goods

 25.50 26.47 26.50 26.45 1,027.65 1,077.33 1,078.55 1,079.16

Private service-providing

 30.07 31.03 31.11 31.24 980.28 1,005.37 1,011.08 1,015.30

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 26.10 26.83 26.93 27.05 887.40 914.90 923.70 927.82

Wholesale trade

 31.30 32.26 32.46 32.63 1,223.83 1,264.59 1,272.43 1,282.36

Retail trade

 20.97 21.54 21.62 21.66 635.39 652.66 657.25 660.63

Transportation and warehousing

 29.28 30.02 30.11 30.37 1,100.93 1,137.76 1,150.20 1,160.13

Utilities

 45.37 45.92 45.89 46.36 1,937.30 1,983.74 1,964.09 1,974.94

Information

 40.77 42.85 43.14 43.49 1,455.49 1,516.89 1,540.10 1,561.29

Financial activities

 35.97 37.32 37.48 37.71 1,334.49 1,392.04 1,401.75 1,410.35

Professional and business services

 35.82 37.18 37.15 37.34 1,303.85 1,345.92 1,352.26 1,359.18

Private education and health services

 31.69 32.65 32.76 32.83 1,017.25 1,035.01 1,038.49 1,037.43

Leisure and hospitality

 19.62 20.16 20.22 20.31 470.88 485.86 487.30 489.47

Other services

 27.71 28.48 28.53 28.58 864.55 880.03 887.28 891.70

Footnotes
(1) Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2024 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
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Last Modified Date: September 05, 2025